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Something worth tracking. Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury, announces it will publish, both online and in print, open access textbooks under the creative commons license. First titles to be available in Spring 2009

This is a segment from a "To the Best of Our Knowledge" podcast from a few weeks ago. Mr. Creative Commons (Lawrence Lessig), of course, says the copyright laws are too strict, but he talked in particular about the laws in relation to new technologies, in particular, mashup artists.

It is an amazing book that introduces reader to the determined, restless, and unbeatable imagination of children. It is important to understand that the common activity of asking questions can be life-changing to the society. The book is helpful for every age group and for professionals as well.

Crowdfunding out-of-print books.

Always good to see small groups thinking outside the box and pooling their money to try something innovative.

I stumbled upon this during Open Access Day. Might be interesting for STM folks to check out.

Mostly having to do with scholarly publishing....